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KWETHLUK, Alaska — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael ...
The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...
The two-day ceremony for Olga "Arrsamquq" Michael, known as Matushka Olga, brought together those drawn to her message of ...
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. ... golden-robed acolytes, women in headscarves and other devotees in a mingling of dust and incense.
This 1930s photo provided by her family shows Olga Michael, an Alaskan Yup’ik woman who became St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska, the first female North American saint in the Orthodox ...
Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint. Peter Smith. ... women in headscarves and other devotees in a mingling of dust and incense.
Now, after an elaborate ceremony in her village of about 800 people in southwestern Alaska, she is the first female Orthodox saint from North America, officially known as "St. Olga of Kwethluk ...
Alaska Native Woman, 'Everybody's Helper,' Is Orthodox Church's First Female North American Saint KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska ...
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in an elaborate ceremony to canonize St. Olga Michael in her ...
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. ... golden-robed acolytes, women in headscarves and other devotees in a mingling of dust and incense.
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. ... golden-robed acolytes, women in headscarves and other devotees in a mingling of dust and incense.
Now, after an elaborate ceremony in her village of about 800 people in southwestern Alaska, she is the first female Orthodox saint from North America, officially known as “St. Olga of Kwethluk ...